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Summary A court is due to make a ruling on a paralysed man's wish that a doctor be allowed to end his life.
The ruling expected Monday is on the governments bid to throw out the case.The case was brought by Tony Nicklinson, who suffers from locked-in syndrome. Since suffering a stroke in 2005, he has been incapable of moving except to blink his eyes, but his mind is unaffected.Because he is unable to end his own life, the 57-year-old man is seeking permission for a doctor to kill him. He communicates through a computer which recognises his eye blinks.The government says only parliament has the authority to change the law of murder.Nicklinsons lawyer, Paul Bowen, says that only euthanasia will end the mans suffering.
